Vegetable palak recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian |  Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 20 mins   |  Cook time:20 mins |  Serves:3 | Author: Raks anand

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Vegetable palak is made by adding mixed vegetables in palak gravy which has curd in its base and not tomatoes. It’s great alternate for paneer.

Ingredients

• Carrot, beans, peas (chopped) – 1 cup
• Cauliflower, cut into pieces* – 1/2 cup
• Palak (Indian spinach) – 2 cups
• Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup
• Onion – 1
• Chopped garlic – 1& 1/2 tsp
• Chopped ginger – 1/2 tsp
• Green chilli – 4
• Cashew nuts – 8
• Curd (plain yogurt) – 1/4 cup
• Kasoori methi – 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala – 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric – 1/8 tsp
• Sugar – 1/2 tsp
• Salt – as needed
• Butter – 2 tsp

To temper

• Butter – 2 tsp
• Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
• Cardamom – 1
• Clove – 1
• Cumin seeds – 3/4 tsp

Method

1. Heat a pan with butter, add ginger garlic and give it a fry. Add green chilli, cubed onion.
   
2. Fry till onion turns transparent. Add spinach, coriander leaves and fry till spinach reduces in volume.
   
3. Cool down this mixture and grind with cashew nuts to a smooth paste.
   
4. Heat a pan with butter, add cinnamon, clove, cardamom followed by cumin seeds.
   
5. Add chopped veggies, salt and 1/4 tsp sugar. Toss well. Cook covered for 2 minutes in medium flame without changing its colour. The veggies should get cooked but retain it’s crunchiness.
   
6. Add ground paste, kasoori methi crushed between palms, garam masala, turmeric, 1/4 tsp sugar and mix.
   
7. Fry for two minutes to cook the spinach and vegetables.
   
8. Add well beaten curd in low flame and mix. Adjust water consistency if needed. Heat for 2 minutes in low flame and switch off the flame.

Notes

•  I soak chopped cauliflower in hot water with salt and turmeric until use.
• You can add few paneer cubes too.
• I used ginger garlic pressed through my garlic press. If you want you can also use ginger garlic paste. Use just 1 tsp in that case.